JediHamlet 94 Posted October 11, 2014 (edited) Page six of the beta, under "Last Lights In The Darkness", last sentence. Can we get a better adjective than "plucky". Maybe "gifted", or "blessed", or something that doesn't destroy my suspension of disbelief at the final phrase. I was completely enthralled by the prose until I came across that word. Destroyed the moment. Edited October 11, 2014 by JediHamlet 1 kaosoe reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robin Graves 6,038 Posted October 11, 2014 Luke: "I got him!" Han: "Great, kid, now don't get plucky!" 3 JediKnightToombs, JediHamlet and kaosoe reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Split Light 644 Posted October 14, 2014 2 JediKnightToombs and kaosoe reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
borithan 237 Posted October 31, 2014 Not sure what the issue is with plucky... seems to suit the Star Wars characters, and the Rebellion in general, quite well. 1 kaosoe reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
awayputurwpn 7,625 Posted November 13, 2014 Page six of the beta, under "Last Lights In The Darkness", last sentence. Can we get a better adjective than "plucky". Maybe "gifted", or "blessed", or something that doesn't destroy my suspension of disbelief at the final phrase. I was completely enthralled by the prose until I came across that word. Destroyed the moment. I totally agree. R2 is "plucky." Luke Skywalker is many of the following synonyms: brave, courageous, bold, daring, fearless, intrepid, spirited, valiant, valorous, stouthearted, dauntless, resolute, determined, undaunted, unflinching, audacious, unafraid. Any of these would be a hundred times better than "plucky." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
borithan 237 Posted November 21, 2014 Plucky: adjective, "having or showing determined courage in the face of difficulties." I still don't get the problem with the word. I don't know if this is a perception difference (certain people seeing it as almost derogatory or something) or something, but I think this is totally I would think of Star Wars characters. I think it fits better than a lot of the other synonyms myself (I might use brave, bold, or spirited, but all the others don't quite give the feel of Star Wars to me). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Donovan Morningfire 8,656 Posted November 21, 2014 Plucky: adjective, "having or showing determined courage in the face of difficulties." I still don't get the problem with the word. I don't know if this is a perception difference (certain people seeing it as almost derogatory or something) or something, but I think this is totally I would think of Star Wars characters. I think it fits better than a lot of the other synonyms myself (I might use brave, bold, or spirited, but all the others don't quite give the feel of Star Wars to me). It's probably just the OP splitting hairs on word usage. 1 kaosoe reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robin Graves 6,038 Posted November 21, 2014 Luke: "DO I LOOK "PLUCKY" TO YOU? WELL? DO I?!!!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
awayputurwpn 7,625 Posted November 22, 2014 Plucky: adjective, "having or showing determined courage in the face of difficulties." I still don't get the problem with the word. I don't know if this is a perception difference (certain people seeing it as almost derogatory or something) or something, but I think this is totally I would think of Star Wars characters. I think it fits better than a lot of the other synonyms myself (I might use brave, bold, or spirited, but all the others don't quite give the feel of Star Wars to me). It's probably just the OP splitting hairs on word usage. Surely you can both understand the difference between a word's lexical meaning and a word's connotation. Connotation can really make, or break, a sentence. Reading a paragraph about legendary powers, few brave individuals, and powers to save the Galaxy, we come across the oddball word "plucky." This is not hair-splitting. This is linguistics. "Plucky" is to "brave" as "scrappy" is to "determined," or as "spunky" is to "bold." Boba Fett is determined. Mission Vao is scrappy. Luke Skywalker is brave. R2-D2 is plucky. Anakin Skywalker is bold. Ahsoka Tano, at least in the first few seasons of TCW, is spunky. There are certain words that just have a "cutesy" connotation. And if that's what the author was going for, then that's one thing...I find myself agreeing with the OP, though, in that it just seems very out-of-place. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
borithan 237 Posted November 25, 2014 Luke, as presented in A New Hope, is exactly how I envision "plucky". Ok, yeah by the Return of the Jedi it might not fit, but by then he is 1) more experienced, and 2) down a path towards darkness (which he then pulls out of shortly before he might fall). In a New Hope he is a bright eyed young man (barely even that), full of optimism. A barely adult farmboy pilot who jumps into a military fighter and sees off a mighty empire? Totally plucky. 3 Donovan Morningfire, Aluminium Falcon and awayputurwpn reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
